Disc Records
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Disc Records was an independent American record label established by audio engineer and folklorist Moses Asch, known as a precursor to his later Folkways Records.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Disc Records canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13487178 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Disc Records Context triple: [Moses Asch, founded, Disc Records]
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A.
King Records
King Records was an influential American independent record label, particularly known for its R&B, country, and early rock and roll releases in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Star Records
Star Records is a Philippine-based music label known for producing and distributing albums for popular Filipino and Filipino-American artists.
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C.
Kent Records
Kent Records is an American record label best known for releasing influential blues and R&B recordings, including early work by legendary guitarist and singer B.B. King.
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D.
Mother Records
Mother Records is a record label best known for releasing the debut work of the artist or band referred to as Debut.
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E.
Anna Records
Anna Records was a Detroit-based R&B and soul record label active in the late 1950s and early 1960s that played a key role in the early development of what became the Motown sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Disc Records Target entity description: Disc Records was an independent American record label established by audio engineer and folklorist Moses Asch, known as a precursor to his later Folkways Records.
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A.
King Records
King Records was an influential American independent record label, particularly known for its R&B, country, and early rock and roll releases in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Star Records
Star Records is a Philippine-based music label known for producing and distributing albums for popular Filipino and Filipino-American artists.
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C.
Kent Records
Kent Records is an American record label best known for releasing influential blues and R&B recordings, including early work by legendary guitarist and singer B.B. King.
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D.
Mother Records
Mother Records is a record label best known for releasing the debut work of the artist or band referred to as Debut.
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E.
Anna Records
Anna Records was a Detroit-based R&B and soul record label active in the late 1950s and early 1960s that played a key role in the early development of what became the Motown sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
independent record label
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person ⓘ record label ⓘ |
| aim | preservation of folk and vernacular culture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American folk music revival
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independent American labels of the mid-20th century ⓘ |
| businessModel | independent label ⓘ |
| catalogApproach | documentary-style recording ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| focus |
culturally significant recordings
ⓘ
folk traditions ⓘ |
| founded |
Disc Records
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Folkways Records ⓘ |
| foundedByOccupation |
audio engineer
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folklorist ⓘ |
| founder | Moses Asch ⓘ |
| genreFocus |
documentary recordings
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folk music ⓘ spoken word recordings ⓘ |
| historicalRole | early outlet for Moses Asch’s recording projects ⓘ |
| industry | music industry ⓘ |
| influenced | Folkways Records catalog philosophy ⓘ |
| keyPerson | Moses Asch ⓘ |
| medium | phonograph records ⓘ |
| notableFor | being a precursor to Folkways Records ⓘ |
| occupation |
audio engineer
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folklorist ⓘ |
| product |
music records
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spoken word records ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| successor | Folkways Records ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Disc Records Description of subject: Disc Records was an independent American record label established by audio engineer and folklorist Moses Asch, known as a precursor to his later Folkways Records.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Disc Records